Robert Hepler Lowe (/loʊ/; born March 17, 1964) is an American actor. He made his acting debut at the age of 15 with ABC\'s short-lived sitcom A New Kind of Family (1979-1980). Following numerous television roles in the early 1980s, he came to prominence as a teen idol with roles in films like The Outsiders (1983), The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Oxford Blues (1984), St. Elmo\'s Fire (1985), About Last Night... (1986), and Square Dance (1987). The success of these films established him as a Hollywood star.\n', '

Following a 1988 sex tape scandal and a highly scrutinized opening performance at the 1989 Oscars, Lowe\'s public image and film career declined. By the turn of the millennium, his career saw a resurgence when he ventured back into television, making his breakthrough as Sam Seaborn on the NBC political drama The West Wing (1999–2003), for which he received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. His other significant television roles include; as Robert McCallister on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters (2006–2010), as Chris Traeger on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2010–14), as Dr. Ethan Willis on the CBS medical drama Code Black (2015–2018) and the A&E reality series The Lowe Files (2017–), in which he appears with his two sons, Matthew and John Owen. In 2018, he made his directorial debut with the television film The Bad Seed, a remake of the 1956 film of the same name.\n', '

In addition to a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, Lowe has received six Golden Globe Award nominations, which span four of the seven categories for male actors and has won two Screen Actors Guild Awards.\n', '

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